$82K+ to Bring Brenda Martin Back to Canada
CBC News reported that it cost Canadian taxpayers $82,727 to bring Brenda Martin, convicted in Mexico for her participation in a money-laundering scheme, back to Canada in a chartered jet on Thursday, May 1st.
Apparently Corrections Canada decision to charter a jet, as opposed to using an RCMP aircraft or commercial flight, was based [...]
The Travel Rants are at Roamsters
I’m not ranting about travel here at Rosology, because we already have a good collection of travel rants on our travel blog at Roamsters.com.
Recent rants include:
The Jerk in Seat 12F
Itinerary Change Frustrations with Air Canada
How the Uninformed Cause Delays at Airport Security
Air Canada: We Want an Apology
Go Through Customs? But I Didn’t Leave the Country!!
$8.50 [...]
Penticton’s Bad Drivers
An edited version of this piece was originally published in late October 2007 as a ”Letter of the Day” in the Penticton Herald.
This is the original unedited version…
I witnessed an incident on October 26th which sufficiently proves to me that the majority of Penticton drivers are either driving without a licence or are no longer [...]
My New Chair Has an Upholstery Tumor
On December 28th, 2007, I ordered a chair (shown here in the picture to the left) from Kennedy Galleries in Toronto and paid a deposit of $350.00
On April 21st, 2008, I was informed that the chair was at the store, ready for delivery and so I paid the outstanding balance of $1006.00.
Following several inquiries about the delivery status and [...]